Hook and eye.



W. WOLF.

HOOK AND EYE.

APPLIOATIoN FILED MAY 2, 1907.

Patented sept. 22,1908

dell@ einen srs `WILLLAM WOLF, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA i noos: ein) een.

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specification of Letters retest.

Patented Sept, 752, i908.

Application one 2, i907, serie No. 371,521.

To i'oiomii may concern/5 Ee drown vthat l, WiLLiAMl/'oLm e suo. eet ei' be Eniperorof Germany, residing at Flins-dolphin, in the county of Philadelphie end Stets of Pennsylvanie, lieve invented new and useful lnipi'ovenients'in Hooks end Eyes, oi which the following is a specification. Tins invention relates to improvements in dress-fasteners, and particularly to hooks and eyes'of tbst type which are self-fastening, or

'oriented to be secured to the goods without sewing tiiein thereto.

'llie'priiniiry object of tbe invention to provide .book and eye fasteningslieving novel ineens for fastening tlieni to e-gei'inent in suoli s.. ineniier es to enable them to be readily end easily applied end removed wliile insuring enositiyeness of engagement whereby 'tbeeceiilentel 'disengagement of either nieinlier from tbe gernient will bepreiented. ,si ruitli'er ob3ect isv to roviilefastening lnienibers of this type wfiic i nisy be eppliedand removed without liability of tearing tbe- .u goods, in which tbe'construction is suelo that tbe 'strain felling thereon in use will ect to in ore firmly retain the festenings in connection witli the goods, end in which the construetion also such to edept the fastening to be conveniently applied and removed without tools er implements of any kind. As e result of tbe improved construction, each fastening member is :idepted'to be applied and. removed by e longitudinal or `eiidwise motion towsri'i. end from the edge of the gerineiit, whereby materiel advantages are se cured, :is liereinefter described.

ln tbe accompanying drawingrflfiguie 1- is o view in elevation of e portion of e gai`- nient, showing the iii'eetin Vedges thereof connecteo by niy improved estenings. Fig. V2 is e sectional view tlirou li the gerinentend one set of iiiis'teiiings on ine 24-2 of Fig l. Fig. 3 is e len' view of the improved eye member. Fig. e i'se'pla-n view oftbeiin-v proved book'ineniber.

bea-ring erins 3, the outereiids l3-iif`yzfli i :l;1 ex

tend inwardly beyondy tbe inner ends 4ofthe contracted iiertion of theloop -1 end. are bent et right singles to produce terminal fastening pins 4, which preferably tener topoints'at Referring to the drawing, A designates the. eye member, and B` the iiookineriben'eecb' tbe goods. The seid pins 4 extend into the e e 1 through tbe space or passage between tile jews or shoulders 5 thereof and thence diverge towards` tlie op osito sides of the eye and incline downward y :md forwardly to 'ward the front of the eye, so that their free or pointed ends lie below the plane of the frontof the eye, as clesily shown .in 2. By'tliis construction the eye iiieniber may be leid flot upon the surface of the iiieteriel end tlien applied by e sliding motion toward the pins will be forced into the materiel to fasten tlieeye thereto, tlie diverging relation of the pins increasing their security end extent of holding action on the materiel of tbe gernient.vv A reverse or backward sliding nieveiiieii't of tlie eye ineiiiber will result in tbe witlidiewel of the pins and release the seid member from tlie garment, es will be readily understood; ln order to retain tlie eye .meinber firmly imposition, the resi` ends of tbe sides of the loop 1 are bent inwardly to pro- .duce jews or shoulders 5 which limit the outward movement or spread oftlie pins fi `end also serve to'cleinp the vmateriel of the gen nient against the pins, by which any possia bility of cesuel disconnection of tlie eye mein.- ber from the gerinent is effeotuelly prevented.

inenibei' will, however, result in its releese in an obvious manner, thus enabling the seine to enotlrier.`

The -hook member B comprises e slieiik composed of two longitudinal diyerging erins G, looped bearing vportions 7 at the resi' ends' of said firms, e beck turned lioolr 8 'supported by the forward. ends of the arms, sind e spring tongue 9 integral with one of the bearing portions 'Z endextending forwardly between the provide the usu el 11p-turned portion or bump l0, located below tbe-point or billof'tlie hook inember` together endpreventing accidentel disengagement of seid ports, but this feature of the construction is not absolutely essentiel: fln', accordance with the invention, however, they-tongue estlius constructed and errori ed is designed to el'forin the function'of e as teningpin, .en to this end its forward. or free end portion is prefere-bl pointed and turned upward or'eutweid et t e forwerd eiidof the eye member in the forni ofl e book l Ti.

meeting ed thereof, in which operation the,

A forceful backward nioveiiient of tbe eyev to be removed from one garment and applied arms, seid tongue being preferably bent to to vassist in fielding the hook member and eyetlieirfiee ends to facilitate tlieir insertion into In the operation of applying the hook member, the pointed end l1 of the spring tongue or pin'9 is first passed downwardly and upv Wardly through the material at a point back Cil of the meeting edge, to connect the rear end of said pin with the garment, as indicated at movement and becoming accidentally disen-A gaged from the garment. It will be understood that in `applying .and `removing the hook member a manual depression of the pin. is required to allow the engaged portion 12 of j the garment to slide overthe hump if), and.

that a slight tilting and -forward or backward movement of the member is essential in applying it to and. removing it from the material. The vhook andeye'membersfare conneeted for use and disconnected in the ordinary way after application to connect the meeting edges of the garment, and it will be observed that the pulling strain thereon resulting 'from any tendency of the said meeting edges to separate results in the fastening members being more securely drawn and retained in position upon the portions of the garment,

it Will be seen from the foregoing description that by the constructions described simplicity is not only secured, but ease of operation in applying and. renioving the Yfastening members is attained, inv that the necess1ty of employing tools to apply and remove the members or of eontractlng or expanding the securing parte is avoided, so that in the proeess of application and removal strain upon the ortions of' the garment is prevented,th\1s obi/rating all liability of tearing of the material.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new,

1. in a garment fastening, an eye member Comprising a loop formed at its rear end with. laterally projecting arms having inwardly extending portions terminating in fastening pins, said pins projecting forwardly into th'e body of the loop through thc opcu rear end thcrcof and beingr arranged in divergent relation and inclining gradually iu a downwardly and forwardly direction below the plane of the loop.

2.V In a garment fastening, an eye member comprising a loop having an open rear end, the terminals of the rear end of the loop being in-bent to provide elan'iping shoulders and having laterally projecting bearing arms extending laterally therefrom, the arms being formed with inwardlycxtcnding portions bent at their inner ends to provide fastening pins extending between said clamping shoulders into the. body of the loop, said pins being divergently arranged and in clined at a downwind and forward angle.

3. ln a garmentfastcniug, an eye mcmbcr comprising a loop having at its rear cnd hltcrally projecting looped l laring arms, said arms terininating at their inner ends in pins projecting forwardly into the loop. thecnds of the loop being bent inwardly to provide clamping jaws or shoulders to cooperate with said pins.

'l. ln a garment; fastening, :1n cyc member comprising a loop having an open rear cud, and fastening pins formed by extensions from the loop projecting forwardlyY through said o'pcn rear end longitudinalljr into and toward the forward end of the loop, said pins being arranged toadapt the device to be engaged with and disengaged from the garmcnt by a longitudinal sliding movcnnnit.

ln a garment fastening, an c ve mcmbcr composed. of apiece of material bent to form a loop open at its rear end, thc material being bent outwv'ardly from the loop and thence backwardly to formi xaring arms, and finally bent forwardly into the body of thc ldop through the roar opening, said pins lzcing arranged in divergent relation and inclined downwardly and forwardly, the rear ends of the loop at their points of juncture with the arms being bcnt to form clamping shoulders to cooperate with the pins.

6. A `e'armcnt fastening formed of a single piece ofV wire and comprising a body portion, fastening pins extending longitudi'nalfv bctween the sides of the body portion, and offscts on the sides of the body portion bent inward toward the outer sides of thc pins-and cmicting thcrewith to clamp the cngagcd portion of the garment.

7. ln a garment f.istening, an c ve mcmbcr forn'ied of a single piccc of wirc und having a pair of fastening pins extending forwardly wholly between the sides of thc body of said member, said sides being provided with clamping shoulders formed by offsetting thc wire toward the outer sides of the pins for clampingr the engaged material against said pins.

ln testimony whm'cof, l affix my signature in prescnce of two witnesses.

winnt/tn wenn. Vv'itncsscs:

facon l'l'omr, Min'rix wom". 

